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rtccoupe
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Aug 04, 2021

Windows 365 Business Cloud PC Local Admin

Hello,   I have deployed Windows 365 Business and thus far it is working great.  However, I was wondering if each user is required to have local admin privilege's?  Thanks!
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EricOrman
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Aug 12, 2021
We are currently investigating capability to provisioning Business Cloud PC's without requiring users to be local admins, they would be standard users. There is problems with this because without MEM there will not be a way to perform elevated administration on these devices. More details to come as we continue our development/progress.
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msmotto21
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Aug 12, 2021
Hi Eric, okay what does this exactly mean? Now im standard user but i have no problem with Microsoft Endpoint Manager. For example i could onboard MDE via Endpoint Manager (applying condigs works) .Does my described workarround currently have a technical limitation for me or have I restricted any service with it? Thanks. Regards Sebastian
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    EricOrman
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    Aug 12, 2021
    msmotto21, if we provision a Business Cloud PC for a user that is a standard user, that user will not have administrator access and therefore will not have ability to install and configure anything because they don't have permissions. If the device is MEM enrolled (customer would need to have auto enrollment enabled when the device performs AADJ) then MEM admin will be able to have full management capabilities.